Beverly Read
Welcome
I’m glad you’re here. This is a space for reflection, creativity, and quiet discovery. You’ll find poetry that speaks from the heart, photographs that capture stillness and light, and art shaped by both human insight and artificial imagination. Whether you came by chance or curiosity, I hope something here resonates with you—and maybe stays with you long after you’ve gone.
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Featured Creations
Published Works
"Beyond Awakening: Poems of a Life Transformed" is a collection of poems that use everyday language to create vivid emotional images. Readers will not only understand these poems—but feel the emotions being conveyed. If you’ve ever lost yourself to someone else’s expectations or questioned your worth, Beyond Awakening will resonate in the most personal way.
Book Reviews
"Beyond Awakening"
This captivating book of poems is a masterful exploration of the human experience. With each carefully crafted verse, the poet skillfully weaves together themes of love, loss, hope, and resilience. The language is evocative and expressive, painting vivid pictures in the reader's mind.
The poems are thought-provoking and..."
Nelson C
Beverly's artistry captures the essence of life with depth and beauty.
Anthony F
"Places You’ve Never Been" takes you on a journey into landscapes that exist beyond maps, places found in memory, imagination, faith, grief, love, and quiet moments of awareness. In this second deeply personal collection, Beverly Read invites readers to wander through the inner worlds we all inhabit but rarely name.
These poems explore what it means to be human—our experiences of love and loss, how we wrestle with God and doubt, and why objects hold memories. She boldly paints with words the unheard voices of those who stood at history’s turning points.
Some poems breathe tender remembrances; others speak of untold joys or secret sorrows. They put into words the feelings and thoughts we don’t know how to speak.
Written with clarity, compassion, and emotional courage, Places You’ve Never Been does not ask readers for agreement, only their presence. It is a book for those who have wondered who they are, where they’ve been and where they’re going, and how unseen moments shape a life.
Step courageously into these Places You’ve Never Been. They just might feel like home when you get there.
Book Reviews
"Places You've Never Been"
What a beautiful, thoughtful, impactful collection of poems. I absolutely adored this book. I began by simply opening up whatever page I landed on and reading poems, finding that each one resonated with me in some way. These “places” you visit are reflections of both spiritual and physical places, but all of them leave you feeling connected.
Natalie
I appreciate the deep dark poetry of this book. The real and raw emotion found on every page. Its easy to read flows like it should. To many good ones to say which is the best. Something for all poetry lovers.
Miss Clare
Examples of Beverly's Work
WHEN A POEM IS WRIT
I love ideas, images, and words.
They tickle my mind until one day,
a poem emerges from
a place deep within me.
I don’t know or understand why it happens.
It’s a mysterious process,
flowing spontaneously
until the poem is writ.
I always know when a poem is complete,
because suddenly,
there are no more words,
like now.
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